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035			_a(DE-B1597)501191
035			_a(OCoLC)1004271368
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072		7	_aEDU015000 _2bisacsh
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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aMittelman, James H. _eautore
245	1	0	_aImplausible Dream : _bThe World-Class University and Repurposing Higher Education / _cJames H. Mittelman.
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2017]
264		4	_c©2018
300			_a1 online resource (288 p.) : _b4 line illus. 2 tables.
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505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tList of Illustrations and Tables -- _tPreface and Acknowledgments -- _tAbreviations -- _tA Note on Terminology -- _tINTRODUCTION: Questions and Arguments -- _tPART I. GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE GOVERNANCE -- _tCHAPTER 1. A Crisis of Purpose -- _tCHAPTER 2. Contending Purposes of Modern Universities -- _tCHAPTER 3. Drivers of Reform -- _tPART II. CASE STUDIES -- _tCHAPTER 4. The Neoliberal Model: The United States -- _tCHAPTER 5. A Social Democratic Path: Finland -- _tCHAPTER 6. Postcolonial Experience: Uganda -- _tPART III. OUTCOMES -- _tCHAPTER 7. Polymorphism -- _tCHAPTER 8. Plausible Alternatives -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aWhy the paradigm of the world-class university is an implausible dream for most institutions of higher educationUniversities have become major actors on the global stage. Yet, as they strive to be "world-class," institutions of higher education are shifting away from their core missions of cultivating democratic citizenship, fostering critical thinking, and safeguarding academic freedom. In the contest to raise their national and global profiles, universities are embracing a new form of utilitarianism, one that favors market power over academic values. In this book, James Mittelman explains why the world-class university is an implausible dream for most institutions and proposes viable alternatives that can help universities thrive in today's competitive global environment.Mittelman traces how the scale, reach, and impact of higher-education institutions expanded exponentially in the post-World War II era, and how the market-led educational model became widespread. Drawing on his own groundbreaking fieldwork, he offers three case studies-the United States, which exemplifies market-oriented educational globalization; Finland, representative of the strong public sphere; and Uganda, a postcolonial country with a historically public but now increasingly private university system. Mittelman shows that the "world-class" paradigm is untenable for all but a small group of wealthy, research-intensive universities, primarily in the global North. Nevertheless, institutions without substantial material resources and in far different contexts continue to aspire to world-class stature.An urgent wake-up call, Implausible Dream argues that universities are repurposing at the peril of their high principles and recommends structural reforms that are more practical than the unrealistic worldwide measures of excellence prevalent today.
530			_aIssued also in print.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Sep 2021)
650		0	_aEducation and globalization.
650		0	_aEducation, Higher _xAims and objectives.
650		0	_aEducation, Higher _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aEducation, Higher _zFinland.
650		0	_aEducation, Higher _zUganda.
650		0	_aEducation, Higher _zUnited States.
650		0	_aUniversities and colleges _xRatings and rankings.
650		7	_aEDUCATION / Higher. _2bisacsh
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400888085?locatt=mode:legacy
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400888085
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781400888085/original
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